{"nrhp_refnum":"11000232","name":"Gallagher House","other_names":["Gallagher Farmstead, Patterson Ranch House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2729 Union Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mineral Wells","county":"Palo Pinto County","state":"TX","lat":32.88262001900006,"lon":-98.14770891099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story Palo Pinto sandstone farmhouse with an irregular L-plan, about five miles north of Mineral Wells in the Union Hill community, Palo Pinto County, Texas. Thomas Patrick Gallagher built it over the 1890s and finished it in 1901, with a stone well and stone water trough on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a unique example of rural Texas vernacular architecture that reflects the skill and masonry heritage of its Irish-descended stonemason builder. It also records the Gallagher family's long role in the Union Hill community. The stonework is described as exceptional, and the house has changed little since 1901.","narrative":"Five miles north of Mineral Wells, in the Union Hill community of Palo Pinto County, sits a stone farmhouse built by Thomas Patrick Gallagher, a first-generation stonemason of Irish descent. Work began in the 1890s and the house was finished in 1901. Its walls are load-bearing Palo Pinto sandstone, quarried and finished on the family property, laid in alternating courses of larger and smaller stones with crisp vertical corners. A steep hipped roof with flared eaves, three dormers and an L-shaped porch complete the one-and-a-half-story form. A stone well and a stone water trough also survive on the site. The Gallagher family lived here for decades, and four unmarried sons farmed the land until 1967. The house was left vacant for about thirty years, then restored from 2003 with matching wood windows, a wood shingle roof and refinished interiors. It is recognized as an unusual rural Texas vernacular house that reflects its builder's craftsmanship and the family's masonry tradition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas Patrick Gallagher (builder/owner, stonemason)","architectural_style":"Other: Irregular L-plan Cottage; No Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored beginning in 2003 after about thirty years vacant; the form lists current function as single dwelling and secondary structure, and also marks it as not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.49724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9731/40973142/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/11000232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000232/a76e747c6a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000232/a76e747c6a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallagher_House_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gallagher_House_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973142","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000168"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/palo-pinto-county/gallagher-house-11000232/"}